City gets award for bike friendliness

Lyndon Babcock has had multiple sclerosis for 30 years, but he’s been abicyclist for 70. And right now, he’s one of Lansing’s biggestbicycling advocates. “Bicycling isn’t just for Lance Armstrong wannabes,” he says. Babcockrolled up to Lansing City...

There's something for everyone at Sunday's Antiquarian Book Show

“It’s a collective mix of people coming to the show, and that’s part of the fun of it,” he said. “We don’t know what to expect from any given dealer because they bring such an array of material. And it’s not just show-and-tell because all of it is available for purchase, too.

Hip-hop meets slam poetry in Friday show

Detroit native Black Milk will be performing at the “Born to Flow” event at Michigan State University, providing a blend of hip-hop and slam poetry. Presented by Pop Entertainment, the concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 2 is a departure from other events the group has put on.“Other events we put on have been electronic and rock,” said Adam Kokenakes, the president of Pop Entertainment. “We’re trying to touch a lot of different genres to get a feel for the student body, and we really wanted to do some hip-hop.”

Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn says: At one time, the weathered house at 420 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. was quite a handsome dwelling in the tradition of the early American farmhouse style.

It’s Halloween hysteria in Williamston comedy based on radio mix-up

Recipient of the 2009 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, “It Came from Mars” is a world premiere collaboration between Williamston Theatre and Ann Arbor’s Performance Network. The screwball comedy has a pay-what-youcan preview performance at 8 p.

LCC stages Part One of epic play

Written by Peter Parnell and adapted from the novel by John Irving, “The Cider House Rules” tells the story of an orphan named Homer Wells in 1920s Maine who resides in St. Cloud’s orphanage. Wilbur Larch, the head doctor at the orphanage, becomes a father figure to Homer and takes him under his wing as an apprentice.